> help poor not so old post-communist fellow understand
> these notorious capitalist free-market rules, please.
>
>    When I ordered PICs for my project, the only reason
> in favour of Microchip instead of Texas & Atmel was
> James Newton's "PICLIST". I decided to overpay few $
> for each chip compared to MSP430 & AVR in order to
> get in "PICLIST" community and thus save some time
> developing my project.
>    Now I'm looking for PCB maker. As I see from many
> postings I'm not alone in my humble wish. I've seached
> the Net and found a lot of references in the Taiwan region -
> price is critical. (I've posted this earlier). It seems to be
> a risky way to use a random reference.
> Lyle Killough in his posting
>    "[EE]: small production run PCB assembly blues"
> confirmed the doubt. Thanks to him.
>    And at the same time I looked at Microchip's
> "WORLDWIDE SALES AND SERVICE" and have
> found 10 Microchip representatives in the region
> and even in the same towns.
>
>    So my question is: Is there any way to force slightly
> Microchip and its representatives to PICk out some
> PCB manufacture and guarantee a litle his decency.

No.  Microchip is in the business of selling chips, not making PC boards.
I'm sure they don't want to get envolved with picking favorites in the PCB
business.  You didn't say which former communist country you are in, but you
might check out Olimex.  I think they are also in an ex-communist country
and seem to have figured out how to make a buck on their own.


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